Mold used in the manufacture of short-bread and similar cakes.



No. 824,445. PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906. S. SCOTT.

MOLD USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHORT BREAD AND SIMILAR CAKES.

APPLICATION FILED J'ULYZ. 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON SCOTT, OF WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND.

MOLD USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHORT-BREAD AND SlMlLAR CAKES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON Soorr, a subject of His Majesty the King ofGreat Britain and Ireland, residing at 127 Cuba street, Wellington, inthe Provincial District of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand,have invented new and useful Improvements in Molds Used in theManufacture of Short- Bread and Similar Cakes, of which the following isa specification.

By means of this invention dough is cut into shapes and molded at oneoperation to resemble hand-made cakes.

In this specification the invention is described as applied to themaking of cakes of short-bread. The mold proper is made of metal,preferably gun-metal, for facility of manufacture and durability. Thepattern of the mold is the obverse of the shape desired for the cake.The mold is mounted upon a block having two handles, which the operatorgrasps. Ears upon the mold separate the block from the mold, leaving aspace corres onding to the length and width of the mold or air, whichescapes through holes in the back of the mold during the operation ofimpressing the dough. Cells forming part of the pattern of the mold areshaped to imitate the crimping accomplished by the thumb and finger ofan operator making cakes by hand.

The drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2, a plan of the interior, and Fig. 3a cross-section on line A A of the mold. Fig. 4 is a plan of an othershape, and Fig. 5 a similar view of another shape of mold.

The mold proper, 1, has ears 2, extending from and raised higher thanthe back of the mold and is mounted upon a block 3 by screws 4, whichpass through the said ears. The block has handles 5, which are graspedby the operator. A space 6, corresponding tothe length and width of themold, is left between the mold 1 and the block 3. Cells 7 are made inthe pattern of the mold to correspond to the shape of the crimpingeffected by1 the thumb and finger on a hand-made ca re. each cell 7 forthe escape of air from the cell to the space 6, and a hole 9 is made inthe center of the mold for a similar purpose.

' The rim 10 terminates in a knife-edge.

The dough is rolled out on a table until it has a thicknesscorresponding to the depth of the pattern of the mold, which is thentaken by the handles and pressed into the dough. The air confinedbetween the dough and the mold escapes through the holes 8 and 9 intothe space 6 and thence to the atmosphere. The rim 10 cuts the dough intoshape, and in. this manner the shape and pattern are produced at oneoperation.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I-declare thatwhat I claim is Forthe purpose indicated in combination, a mold havingcells each provided with a hole for the escape of air a rim forming aborder to the mold and having a knife-edge, a back upon which the moldis mounted, ears extending from and raised above the back of the moldfor attaching the mold to the back and v for providing an air-spacebetween and extending throughout the length and width of the mold andback, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two Witnesses.

SIMON SCOTT.

Witnesses:

HENRIE H. RAYWARD, .E. P. ODONNELL.

A hole 8 is provided in the bottom of

